The UNIX System Today - The Authorized Guide to Version 2 of the Single UNIX® Specification

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Two CD-ROMs are included.

Includes the Single UNIX Specification Version 2, the complete
Motif, CDE and X11R5 Specifications, the X11R6 Protocol Specification,
the XNFS 3W, XNS Version 5.2, TPI Version 2, the DLPI Version 2 Specifications,
the X11R6.4 Source Reference Implementation and more
on CD-ROM

Book Overview

This Source Book provides complete information on what's new in the Single UNIX
Specification, Version 2 and features of the UNIX 98 Product Standards,
with comprehensive reference material on every aspect.
What's more, it's authoritative, with papers written by members
of the working groups that developed the specification, and the complete
3000 page Single UNIX Specification, Version 2 is included on the CD-ROM,
together with other related specifications.

Synopsis

The Open Group has published a new edition of the Go Solo Source Book
covering the current state of the art of the UNIX System.

The new edition is entitled The UNIX System Today.

This has been expanded and revised to include new sections on UNIX
system networking (Distributed file systems, WebNFS, NFS, Samba), the
X Window System , UNIX system clustering, the Linux operating system
and Open Source in addition to the material covering the Single UNIX
Specification and the UNIX 98 product standards .

The book also includes two CD-ROMs.

The first CD-ROM includes the full documentation set for the Single
UNIX Specification V2 and related UNIX 98 specifications (including
the Motif, CDE, X11R5 specifications), technical papers, migration
information between versions of the Single UNIX Specification, the XNS
5.2 specification, the TPI and DLPI specifications, the X11R6.4 sample
implementation, and a set of PDF reader software.

The second CD-ROM produced by VA Linux Systems contains a complete copy
of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Debian GNU/Linux is an Open
Source operating system developed solely by the cooperative effort of
over 500 individuals throughout the Internet. This has been included
in recognition of the
increasing importance that Open Source operating systems
are playing in todays marketplace.

Topics covered include:

An overview of the History of the UNIX system and the
Single UNIX Specification.

Guidance on using the Single UNIX Specification for
applications development.

POSIX Realtime, POSIX Threads, 64-bit programming.

UNIX system networking, NFS, WebNFS , Samba and IP Version 6.

The X Window System

The Open Source Definitions , the Linux Operating system and making a
business of Open Source.

Two CD-ROMs include:

The Single UNIX Specification Version 2 in HTML and
Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF)

The complete Motif, CDE and X11R5 specifications in PDF.
The X11R6 protocol specification in PDF.

The XNFS Version 3W, XNS Version 5.2, TPI Version 2, and DLPI Version 2
specifications in PDF.

The X11R6.4 source reference implementation.

Technical papers and Case Studies, including migration guides
for changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of the Single UNIX
Specification.

PDF Browser software (the Adobe Acrobat Reader and Xpdf) for
18 different platforms.